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Also known as Esmat Bagherpour Baboli

Esmat Bagherpour Baboli ( ; 22 February 1925 – 1 September 2004), better known as Delkash (, ), was an Iranian diva singer and occasional actress with a rare and unique voice.

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Esmat Bagherpour Baboli (Farsi: عصمت باقرپور بابلی‎), better known as Delkash (Farsi: دلکش, February 26, 1925 – September 2, 2004) was an Iranian singer, songwriter, and actress who achieved major popularity in Iran during the 20th century as a performer of Iranian classical music, both in Persian and the local Iranian language of Mazandarani. She was born in Babol, and was the daughter of a cotton trader who had twelve other children. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Delkash">Read more on La

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Musical artist.name
Delkash
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Delkesh.jpg
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Musical artist.birth_name
Esmat Bagherpour Baboli
Musical artist.alias
Delkash
Musical artist.birth_place
Babol, Iran
Musical artist.death_place
Tehran, Iran
Musical artist.origin
Mazandaran and Tehran
Musical artist.genre
Persian classical Folk Classical
Musical artist.occupation
Singer, actress
Musical artist.years_active
1943–1979
Musical artist.label
Caltex RecordsAvang RecordsPars VideoTaraneh Records

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Esmat Bagherpour Baboli ( ; 22 February 1925 – 1 September 2004), better known as Delkash (, ), was an Iranian diva singer and occasional actress with a rare and unique voice.

==Biography== Delkash was born in Babol, and was the daughter of a cotton trader who had nine other children. She came to Tehran to study (where she stayed until her death in 2004), but she was discovered soon and was introduced to the music masters of the time, Ruhollah Khaleghi and Abdolali Vaziri. She was named Delkash by Khaleghi.

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